Car-fender.



No. 798,069. PATENTBD AUG. 29, 1905.

w. W. MQGLUNG.

CAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION PILBD APB..29,1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CAR-FENDER.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed April 29.1905. Serial No. 258.086.

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Be it known that l, WILLIAM W. MCCLUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Car- Fender, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fenders for railway-cars, and has for itsobject to improve and simplify the construction of devices of thischaracter.

Tith this and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the acoompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated j the preferred form of embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical Operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of theparts may be resorted to Without departing from'the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

1n the drawings thus employed, Figurel is a side elevation of aconventional form of cartruck With the improved fender constructioneinbodied therein. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the same. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the improved Structure.

The improved device comprises a bar 11, attached at one end beneath thetruck-frame, preferably beneath the pedestal tie-bar, represented at 10,and extended to a point in advance of the Wheels 13, and thencedownwardly to a point near the rails 12 and transversely above the railsand back again parallel to the curved portion of the bar, as at 14. Thefender-bar thus projects at both sides of the fiangcd wheels and amplyguards the same from the contact of objects or persons which may lieupon or across the rails.

The fender members are preferably connected to the truck-,frame by thesame bolts 18 which secure the axle-boxes 19 in place,

and as a further means of strengthening the fender members diagonalbraces 15 are connected between the outer bolts 18 above the arch-bar 20to the fender members to which they are bolted or riveted, as at 17.

By this simple means avery effective guard or fender is provided movingWith the trncks and relatively close to the rails and in advance of thewheels 13 and Operating to brush persons or objects from the rails andpreventing them from passing beneath the wheels.

By extending the fender member upon both sides of the wheel objects orpersons will be thrown away from the wheels from both sides as well asfrom in front of the wheels, thereby very materially incrcasing theefficiency and value of the device Without materially increasing theWeight or expense of construction.

The device may be readily adapted to all the various forms of car-trucksmanufactured and Without structural changes therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isfl 1. A fenderfor car-wheels comprising a cross-sectionally fiat U-shaped bar havingits arms spaced apart to lie on opposite sides of the vertical plane ofan interposed wheel, and means for attaching one of the arms to thecar-truck, the looped portion of the bar being` inclined outwardly andforwardly to dispose the transverse front portion thereof adjacent tothe rail-tread.

2. A fender for cars comprising a U-shaped bar having sides of unequallength, and means for connecting the longer of said sides to the lowermember of the truck-frame of a car with the looped end depending nearlyto the rails and in advance of the flanged Wheels and the spaced sidesdisposed at opposite sides of the wheel, and a diagonal brace connectingsaid bar with the upper member of the truckframe.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy Signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WV. MCCLUNG.

Witnesses:

IsAIAH N. MCCLUNG, KATIE C. MCCLUNG.

